lamina fusca sclerae

[ fŭs′kə sklîr′ē ]

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A thin layer of pigmented connective tissue on the inner surface of the sclera of the eye, connecting it with the choroid.

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The fusca has the longest arms, and makes use of the most curious manuvres to seize its prey.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
The hydra fusca may be turned inside out like a glove, at the same time that it continues to eat and live as before.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
In some the horn is at first a broad lamina or ridge, which terminates in two branches, as in Onthophagus Vacca.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)|William Kirby
Well, these Formica fusca folks are as different from that Arkansas man as anything you could imagine.
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust|Hallam Hawksworth

The old lamina is pushed off, but is held on the summit of the new growth until the latter has matured.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold